Wearable apparatus for continuous blood glucose monitoring

Abstract

A system, a method, and a computer program product for providing wearable continuous blood glucose monitoring. In some embodiments, there is provided a method that includes receiving, at a smartwatch, an alert representative of a glucose state of a host-patient coupled to a glucose sensor; detecting, at the smartwatch, a predetermined action indicative of a request to generate a glance view providing an indication of the glucose state of the host-patient; and presenting, at the smartwatch and in response to the detecting, the glance view providing the indication of the glucose state of the host-patient.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method comprising:
 receiving, at a smartwatch, an alert representative of a glucose state of a host-patient coupled to a glucose sensor; 
 detecting, at the smartwatch, a predetermined action indicative of a request to generate a glance view providing an indication of the glucose state of the host-patient; 
 presenting, at the smartwatch and in response to the detecting, the glance view providing the indication of the glucose state of the host-patient; 
 selecting, at the smartwatch, a handoff icon; 
 sending, from the smartwatch, a message to a second device, the message indicating a current view at the smartwatch; and 
 presenting, at the second device, a user interface view that is either the glance view or is different from the glance view. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the alert is received via a low power radio access transceiver at the smartwatch. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 2 , wherein the low power radio access transceiver is configured in accordance with at least one of Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, or NFC. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 2 , wherein the alert is received from a receiver wirelessly coupled to the glucose sensor via transmitter sensor electronics. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 4 , wherein the receiver comprises at least one of a smartphone and/or a tablet. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 4 , wherein the receiver includes a continuous blood glucose application configured to interact with the smartwatch. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the alert is received from a remote server. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the detecting of the predetermined action triggers the smartwatch to replace a home screen and/or a default user interface view with the glance view. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 triggering, at the smartwatch and in response to the detecting, a feedback comprising a haptic indicator, an audio indicator, and/or a visual indicator. 
 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined action comprises a selection of a physical button. 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined action comprises a detection of a certain wrist movement. 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined action comprises a detection of a certain eve movement of a wearer of the smartwatch. 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 detecting a swipe pattern; 
 mapping the detected swipe pattern to at least one of a plurality of glance views, each of which is mapped to a different swipe pattern; and 
 presenting, based on the detected swipe pattern, the at least one glance view. 
 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 mapping the glucose state to at least one of a plurality of glance views, each of which is mapped to a different glucose state; and 
 presenting, based on the glucose state, the at least one glance view. 
 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining a role of a wearer of the smartwatch; 
 mapping the role of the wearer to at least one of a plurality of glance views, each of which is mapped to a different role; and 
 presenting, based on the determined role, the at least one glance view. 
 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the glance view provides, in a single user interface view, a graphical indication of the glucose state including a rate of change of the glucose state. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 generating a dashboard including a plurality of icons corresponding to a plurality of host-patients, each of which having a corresponding glucose state. 
 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 presenting a notification bar in the glance view in response to the alert; and detecting a user input to view the notification bar. 
 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 18 , wherein the user input is a finger swipe or a manipulation of a physical button. 
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 18 , wherein the notification bar includes at least one actionable selection. 
     
     
       21. The method of  claim 18 , wherein the actionable selection displays a map, displays a glucose trend chart, acknowledges the alert, or dismisses the alert. 
     
     
       22. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor forming part of at least one computing system, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
 receiving an alert representative of a glucose state of a host-patient coupled to a glucose sensor; 
 detecting a predetermined action indicative of a request to generate a glance view providing an indication of the glucose state of the host-patient; 
 presenting, in response to the detecting of the first predetermined action, the glance view providing the indication of the glucose state of the host-patient; 
 determining a second predetermined action indicative of a request for a handoff; 
 sending, in response to the detecting of the second predetermined action, a message to a second device, the message indicating a current view at the smartwatch; and 
 presenting, at the second device, a user interface view that is either the glance view or is different from the glance view. 
 
     
     
       23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 22 , wherein the alert is received via a low power radio access transceiver. 
     
     
       24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 22 , wherein the alert is received from a receiver wirelessly coupled to the glucose sensor via transmitter sensor electronics. 
     
     
       25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 24 , wherein the receiver comprises at least one of a smartphone and/or a tablet. 
     
     
       26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 24 , wherein the receiver includes a continuous blood glucose application configured to interact with a smartwatch. 
     
     
       27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 22 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 presenting a notification bar in the glance view in response to the alert; and 
 detecting a user input to view the notification bar. 
 
     
     
       28. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 27 , wherein the user input is a finger swipe or a manipulation of a physical button. 
     
     
       29. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 27 , wherein the notification bar includes at least one actionable selection. 
     
     
       30. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 27 , wherein the actionable selection displays a map, displays a glucose trend chart, acknowledges the alert, or dismisses the alert. 
     
     
       31. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user interface view presented at the second device is determined based on screen size, a role of the wearer of the smartwatch, a role of the user of the other device, a severity of alert, receipt of a certain type of alert and/or user preferences. 
     
     
       32. The method of  claim 5 , wherein the second device is the receiver. 
     
     
       33. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 22 , wherein the user interface view presented at the second device is determined based on screen size, a role of the wearer of the smartwatch, a role of the user of the other device, a severity of alert, receipt of a certain type of alert and/or user preferences. 
     
     
       34. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 24 , wherein the second device is the receiver.